CHAPTER 69: CHAPTER 65: ARCHIVE OF THE OLD SAINTS, MYSTERY OF IMMORTALITY

Three days later.

News that echoed throughout the world spread.

Li Su from the Bronze Kingdom killed the legendary shark and obtained the ancient Divine Blood.

For a time, the entire world was in an uproar.

And at this moment.

A ship was heading to the Elf Kingdom.

"Mr. Li Su, why are we not returning to the family, not going back to the Bronze Kingdom, to seek refuge?" a servant asked softly, "Why are we instead hastily heading to the Fairy Forest?"

Li Su’s expression was grave, "The whole world will block us, all kingdoms will go crazy over us! We must find a place to shelter, family? Country? They will surely be envious of me, take away my power, the whole world has no land to accommodate me anymore."

"But the Elf Race will not."

"I once went to study for four years, experiencing their peace, friendship, harmony, and yearning for freedom in their academy."

"They will not seize my treasures; instead, they will provide me with conveniences."

"The Human Race is such a beastly greedy creature; I know them too well."

Upon hearing this confident assurance, everyone calmed down.

After all, Li Su is a genius of the Li Family in the Bronze Kingdom, held in high expectations, with everyone saying that he might realize the revival period of his ancestors and lead their race to glory.

A person like this, his judgment would not be wrong.

"Look, the Fairy Forest is right in front of us."

Soon, their ship stopped.

Once their ship entered, the entire world lost contact with them.

And the whole world began searching for the missing Li Su and his entourage.

...

Fairy Forest, Tree of Life.

"Divine Blood! Indeed, we are the darlings favored by the heavens!" Several elves laughed heartily.

They arrogantly kicked the corpse beneath their feet, faces filled with bewilderment and fear, "Fool! If your ancestors knew they had a descendant like you, they would be furious enough to rise from the dead!"

"However, this person is truly formidable, managing to kill so many powerful elves with his mortal body... He was just too naive."

They were not elves; they were disguised as elves... Old Shanghai Beach, now so cyberpunk in essence, was a group of doomsday human survivors, fierce and combative from shelters, harboring malicious intentions, presenting themselves to the new world with a facade of kindness and friendliness to lower the vigilance of the world’s creatures.

And under the Tree of Life, numerous Immortal Herbs swayed, watching this scene.

They felt somewhat like they were the villains.

However, some people said, in a race conflict, where’s the justice?

They discussed it but couldn’t say much, instead focusing wholeheartedly on nurturing their little dragonflies.

After years of mining, spewing qi, and collaborating with the Elf Race’s experimental projects, the dragonflies had somewhat become Sub-human, though still very ugly.

Like segmented insects, with a pair of wings.

However, the feeling of nurturing was there, and probably in another decade, a truly Extraordinary Race, born to Eat Qi, will emerge in the world.

And in a house beside the Tree of Life.

Zeng Ciwen was conducting research, accompanied by a few trusted aides, wearing a scholarly expression and observing the reagent with interest, "Unbelievable, unbelievable... Is this the Divine Blood, that god with a teardrop mole?"

Observing the bright red blood that looked like a magnificent artwork, everyone began their research.

"Get me a team of elite personnel from other laboratories, put other projects on hold," Zeng Ciwen said with a serious expression, "We are about to start a project that could impact the entire world!"

And among the busy scholars, an Elf Scholar, during his research, showed a bit of surprise, "Isn’t this the blood that was taken by a shark from me back then, and why has its power grown stronger over the years? Could it be my brother’s blood fermenting?"

"Gods, always so magical, mysterious, and unfathomable."

Over the years, Zhang Zhi also blended in among them, pretending to be an elf.

He discovered this race to be quite terrifying.

Engaged in a bloodless political warfare, attempting to enslave other kingdoms.

Moreover, this ambitious race, while continuously recruiting talents and establishing academies, secretly collected data on the entire new world and had already become aware of his existence.

He still remembered a dossier he read about himself:

"Mystery Old Era Saint, name unknown, specific identity unclear, age over 500, gender male."

"According to Li Su Family descendants revealing family secrets, there once was a connection with the Li Su Family of the Bronze Kingdom, but only the deceased Half-Saint Li Su knew the specifics."

"According to descendants of the confidant chancellor of Shiguang, the True Sovereign of the City of Hundred Stones, he once had substantial interactions with the True Sovereign in the palace, supposedly offering 300 Immortal Herbs for the True Sovereign’s immortality but was declined and distributed to the subordinates, embarking on a sea expedition."

...

Dozens of pieces of data lay in front of him.

It was evident that their infiltration work over the past decade was quite thorough.

After all, the opening of academies over a decade was enough for a new generation to grow up, and over a decade was sufficient for the younger generation of each country to gradually resemble them, take them as faith, provide intelligence for peace, and work for them.

Inference Report:

"This person, powerful, possesses the mystery of immortality."

"Suspected to have the ability to prepare ’Elixir of Immortality,’ speculated to substantially nourish and extend the life of the body below the aging head, with the condition for the Elixir of Immortality being over 300 Immortal Herbs."

"This Immortal, the deceased Shiguang, the True Sovereign, both simultaneously conceal the ’mystery of immortality’ to prevent world turmoil. If known, then the six hundred dynasty’s Immortal Herbs could likely be consumed by the contemporary emperor for research on immortality pills, letting these Immortal Herbs reign all over the world, triggering chaos, setting heroes in motion, dividing into several nations, shaking the country’s foundation."

"We hold two thousand Immortal Herbs, dare not use 300 to concoct the Elixir of Immortality, or else it will regenerate randomly, permanently lost to our race."

"The preparation of the Elixir of Immortality is a world taboo, and if known to the world, all nations, under heaven, chaos would ensue."

...

In Zhang Zhi’s view, the investigation was quite thorough.

Truly a terrifying ancient race; even he was detected by them.

Indeed.

Even the first Emperor Changheng of Shiguang could research a "Cannibalism Skill." How could he have lived as a dog all these years? His research also had significant results, with his own developed Longevity Skill.

"I hope they also understand the hazards within it and don’t speak recklessly," he restrained his expression, continuing to act as an ordinary Elf Scholar and began researching in the lab.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The various scholars of the Elf Race also thoroughly heated up.

"Divine Blood, this world actually has gods!"

"Haha, gods, they’re just powerful creatures, after all. We’ve modified so many creatures; we’ve even altered ourselves, advancing towards immortality. To those lower species, we too are gods!"

"Gods... merely."

"Our race, modifying creatures, researching biology, though we ostensibly worship gods, we aren’t blind or foolishly deluded, and given time, we might even stand on par with them!"

"As long as it’s a creature, even gods, can be modified by us!"

"However, our race has a lifespan of only three hundred, although three times longer than humans, there will eventually be a moment of decline."

"That mysterious immortal’s Elixir of Immortality is already under our research, but unless absolutely necessary, we will not choose that path... for now, the Divine Blood maybe our new direction."

They gazed at the bottle of blood placed in the high sanctuary, everyone’s eyes burning with passion.

The Divine Blood, representing the power of the gods, the authority of the gods, the lifespan of the gods... that’s the thing the entire world is eagerly anticipating, but such a thing fell into the hands of their Forest Species, which indeed signifies their destiny as a race favored by the heavens.